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Train Whistle Guitar

Set in 1920s Alabama, this novel follows the life of a young boy and the lessons he learns in school, at Papa Gumbo Willie McWorthy's barbershop, and from Luzana Cholly, a gun-toting guitar player.

Themes
african american
Setting
1970samerican southalabama
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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